Improvement in clothes-driers



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Clothes-Driel. No.168,658.

Patented-Oct. 11, 1875. fig.

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IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTHES-DRIERS.

Specication'forming part of Letters Patent No. 168,658, dated October 11, 1875 application led v September 8, 1875.

My invention relates to an improvement in clothes-driers; and it consists in the arrangement and combination of parts that will be more fully described hereafter, whereby the arms are held firmly and securely in position when extended outward.

The accompanying drawings represent my invention.

a represents a board of suitable length and shape, having a small staple, c, driven in each end, so that the drier can be attached to the wall wherever there is a nail Or hook to hang it on. Secured to this board, near its upper end, is a semicircular board, d, which serves as a stand for a lamp or other similar article. In the outer edge of this board, on its under side, are driven a number OI' staples, e, which are separated from each other just the thickness Of one of the arms g. In case there should not be room enough for another staple On one side, a straight rod, h, will be used instead, to brace the outer side of the arm. A

The arms g are all pivoted at one end upon the circular Wire i, and, when extending horizontally outward, are iirmly braced up against the under side of the circular board d and on each side by a staple, e. When in this horizontal position the arms are upheld by the springs j, which have their upper ends hooked in the staples. A shoulder, l, is formed so as to catch under and support the arms, while the lower ends ofthe springs are secured in the Aboard a at any suitable point.

These springs are so bent that the shoulders Z, when the springs are left free, come `just under the spaces between the staples, so that when the arms are raised upward the springs snap in under them. y

When the arms are not needed in a horizontal position, the springs are moved to one side, and the arms assume a vertical position, as shown, so as to occupy no unnecessary room.

The semicircularboard serves as a solid substantial brace, to prevent the arms from rising toov far upward, and as a firm support to the staples, thus giving a strength to the arms that canbe attained in no other Way.

I am aware that a bent rod has been used to take the place of my board d and staple e, and that springs have been made to catch un.- der the arms from above, as'shown in the patent to G. W. and E. J. Godfrey, May '28, 1872, and this I disclaim. l

Having thus described my invention, I claim- The combination of the board a, semicircular board d, staples e, arms g, wire i, and springs j, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 29th day of August, 1875.

SAMUEL P. MEGAY. Witnesses:

ELI J AcKsON, JACOB DUTTON. 

